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Wellbeing at The Albion Academy

Counselling Support for Young People

We have a counselling service available to all learners at the Academy.
If you would like to talk to the counsellor at the school, please fill in the request form here. Alternatively, please see the counsellor at break times to arrange appointments, their room is opposite the LS rooms.
Counselling requests can only be made by the learners. If you are a parent that is concerned for you child, please make contact with their form teacher or head of year.

Individuals/Parents/Carers should use the email address in order to access counselling support - counsellingreferral@albionacademy.co.uk

Further support is available via many other organisations such as those suggested below.

Childline

Childline

 You can contact Childline about anything. Whatever your worry, its better out than in. They are there to support you. There are lots of different ways to speak to a Childline counsellor or get support from other young people.
The Mix

The Mix

 The Mix can assist with any challenges you are facing, talk via the online community, on social media, and through the free confidential helpline or our counselling service.
42nd Street

42nd Street

 42nd Street offers individual therapeutic support and interventions to help manage mental health and wellbeing.

Bereavement Support

Gaddum

Gaddum

 Gaddum works across Greater Manchester and offers the following services, advocacy, carers support and therapy services.
Once Upon a Smile

Once Upon a Smile

 They offer a variety of support to families through difficulties surrounding bereavement.
Winston's Wish

Winston's Wish

 This charity offers a wide range of practical support and guidance to bereaved children, their families and professionals.
Child Bereavement UK

Child Bereavement UK

 Child Bereavement UK helps children, parents and families to rebuild their lives when a child grieves or when a child dies. We support children and young people up to the age of 25 who are facing bereavement, and anyone affected by the death of a child of any age.
Cruse Bereavement Care

Cruse Bereavement Care

 Cruse Bereavement Care offers face-to-face, group, telephone, email and website support to people after someone close to them has died.

Suicide Support 

Samaritans

Samaritans

 Every year, Samaritans volunteers spend over one million hours answering calls for help via our unique 24-hour listening service, email, letter, face to face and through our Welsh language service.
Papyrus

Papyrus

 Papyrus HOPELINEUK is a confidential support and advice service for, children and young people under the age of 35 who are experiencing thoughts of suicide. Further support is available for anyone concerned that a young person could be thinking about suicide.

Wider Support within Salford and Manchester

Shout

Shout

 This free text messaging helpline is a private, silent and trusted way for anyone experiencing mental health challenges to find a safe space to seek help and support. You can send a text message any time of day or night wherever you are – every conversation is with a human being.
Citizens Advice

Citizens Advice

 They provide free, confidential and impartial advice to residents of Salford, and campaign on big issues affecting people’s lives. They can assist with money, benefit, housing or employment problems.
Salford Loaves & Fishes

Salford Loaves & Fishes

 They can assist with accessing Salford foodbanks, offer support and advice with an indirect access to Citizens Advice and Salford Housing Team.
Salford Foodbank

Salford Foodbank

 They provide three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people who are referred to us in crisis. We are part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK.
Anxiety UK

Anxiety UK

 Anxiety UK offers support, advice and information on all anxiety, stress, and anxiety-based depression conditions. They provide a wide range of services to support those affected by these conditions; from those living with stress or mild anxiety, through to those with more severe, complex and longstanding issues. Friendly volunteers can answer your questions and help find the right resources to manage anxiety.
Six Degrees

Six Degrees

 Six Degrees offer evidenced based psychological interventions to support people experiencing common mental health problems. Using tried and tested talking therapies and self-help resources they have a proven track record of helping people deal with a range of problems including Anxiety, Depression and Stress. They are able help people who live in Salford aged sixteen years and over experiencing common mental health problems, stress, support with parental adjustment and support for those bereaved by suicide. Self-Referral is via the person’s GP.
Spirit of Salford Network

Spirit of Salford Network

 Our Spirit of Salford Helpline has been set up for you to get help, support and advice on lots of different issues that you might be facing at the moment. The helpline number is 0800 952 1000 and is open Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6pm and Saturday 9am to 1pm.

Salford Assist

Salford Assist doesn’t offer cash payments, but would consider your immediate needs and try to help with essential items such as:

  • a referral for baby milk, nappies or food for your baby and your family
  • essential furniture items, for example a bed, or white goods
  • help with emergency supply of gas or electric where there is no heating in the household
  • advice and referrals to another service, agency or fund
  • council tax support

Click here to find out more about Salford Assist

Keeping Children Safe

Here are a collection of websites and resources to help keep children safe.

Childline

Childline

 You can contact Childline about anything. Whatever your worry, its better out than in. They are there to support you. There are lots of different ways to speak to a Childline counsellor or get support from other young people.
UK Safer Internet Centre

UK Safer Internet Centre

 You don’t need to be an expert on the internet to help keep your child stay safe online. Our advice and resources are here to support you as you support your child to use the internet safely, responsibility and positively.
The Mix

The Mix

 The Mix can assist with any challenges you are facing, talk via the online community, on social media, and through the free confidential helpline or our counselling service.
Thinkuknow

Thinkuknow

 Thinkuknow is the education programme from NCA-CEOP, a UK organisation which protects children both online and offline.
NSPCC

NSPCC

 Everything we do protects children today and prevents abuse tomorrow, to transform society for every childhood.
Parent Info

Parent Info

 Parent Info is a collaboration between Parent Zone and NCA-CEOP, providing support and guidance for parents from leading experts and organisations.
London Grid for Learning

London Grid for Learning

 Support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online.
Net Aware

Net Aware

 Support for parents and careers from the NSPCC, helping keep children safe online.
Internet Matters

Internet Matters

 Support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online.
CEOP

CEOP

 Are you worried about online sexual abuse or the way someone has been communicating with you online? Make a report to one of CEOP’s Child Protection Officers.
Salford City Council

Salford City Council

 If you are worried about the welfare or safety of a child it is very important that you contact the right services.

Operation Encompass

Our school is part of a project that is run between Salford Local Authority, schools and Greater Manchester Police. The project is called Operation Encompass and has been designed to provide early reporting of any domestic abuse incidents that occur outside school, which might have an impact on a child in school. This is communicated through a secure email to school following an incident.

The project ensures that at least one member of the school staff, known as the Key Adult, is available to liaise with children’s services and the police and to use the information that has been shared in confidence.

In this way, we aim to support each child who has been involved in, or witnessed a domestic abuse incident.

If they receive an Encompass notification, they will make sure that a person the child trusts is available to help – if the child needs this. Most of the time, this support is silent; keeping a careful eye on him or her and making sure the child has a positive day in school. The confidential information is ordinarily not shared with all staff, just an agreement on how to help, if needed.

All schools have a duty to share any information with other organisations if they feel a child is at risk of being hurt. The Key Adult(s) may contact other organisations.

The Key Adults at The Albion Academy are Mrs Lawman and Mrs Waheed

Click here to find out more about Operation Encompass

Chat Health 

 

Chat Health which is a confidential text messaging service for children and young people from 11-19 years of age to contact school nurses to receive confidential support and advice around any health issues.

 

Chat Health

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